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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandGuineaOmanCongo - Kinshasa
2777,6102,34851,181
2817,7802,40352,782
2857,8212,45754,453
2887,9062,51056,170
2898,1212,56257,860
2938,3172,61359,599
2968,4782,66361,474
3048,6502,71363,479
3118,8602,76465,590
3199,0912,81667,800
3199,3272,87170,114
3189,5712,92872,550
3199,8252,98675,138
32110,0843,04777,792
32410,3513,11080,534
32710,6323,17483,368
33110,9243,24086,229
33511,2253,30789,193
34311,5343,37592,209
35311,8553,44495,232
36112,1603,51298,320
36612,4693,582101,499
37212,7783,651104,767
38013,0873,696108,171

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Iceland

  • 1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

No separate list is published for Guinea, Oman, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.